{"product_id":"cash-clothes-and-construction-kate-maclean-9781517915964","title":"Cash, Clothes, and Construction: Rethinking Value in Bolivia's Pluri-Economy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking feminist perspective on \u003ci\u003eMovimiento al Socialismo\u003c\/i\u003e (MAS) rule in Bolivia and the country's radical transformation under Evo Morales\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The presidency of Evo Morales in Bolivia (2006-2019) has produced considerable academic scholarship, much of it focused on indigenous social movements or extractivism, and often triumphalist about the successes of Morales's \u003ci\u003eMovimiento al Socialismo\u003c\/i\u003e (MAS). Turning a new lens on the movement, \u003ci\u003eCash, Clothes, and Construction\u003c\/i\u003e presents the first gender-based analysis of \"pluri-economy,\" a central pillar of Bolivia's program under Morales, evaluating the potential of this vision of \"an economy where all economies fit\" to embrace feminist critiques of capitalism and economic diversity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Based on more than twelve years of empirical research exploring the remarkable transformations in Bolivia since 2006, this book focuses on three sectors--finance, clothing, and construction--in which indigenous women have defied gendered expectations. Kate Maclean presents detailed case studies of women selling secondhand high street clothes from the United States in the vast, peri-urban markets of Bolivian cities; Aymaran designers of new \u003ci\u003epollera\u003c\/i\u003e (traditional Andean dress) fashions, one of whom exhibited her collection in New York City; and the powerful and rich \u003ci\u003echola pace, \u003c\/i\u003e whose real estate investments have transformed the cultural maps of La Paz and El Alto. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCash, Clothes, and Construction\u003c\/i\u003e offers a gendered analysis of the mission of MAS to dismantle neoliberalism and decolonize politics and economy from the perspective of the Indigenous women who have radically transformed Bolivia's economy from the ground up. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kate MacLean\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517915961\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517915964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Kate MacLean","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44616845623551,"sku":"9781517915964","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_62b1741b-6f60-4cba-985b-ee3092b8eb5b.jpg?v=1703022644","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cash-clothes-and-construction-kate-maclean-9781517915964","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}